Mimir goes by many names – Meer, Meemsy, Pooh Bear, Tiger Cat. And then there is my personal favorite – Mimir Damnit – which is probably the name the cat is called more than any of the others. Granted, in the past, calling the cat “Damnit” has gotten me in trouble. Who can ever forget [...]
The real meaning of love (and tolerance)
January 9th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
I don’t think any other image sums up Drue and Mimir’s relationship as well as this one. Do I need to say more?
Spock would be proud
December 7th, 2009 | by Jeri | published in Life
I knew I was in trouble this morning the moment I opened my eyes. Mimir, otherwise known as The Cat™, was sitting by my head frantically pushing at my face. There are wonderful ways to be nudged from sleep. There are great ways to be nudged from sleep. Shoot, there are even “okay, I wanted to sleep but you woke me up” ways to be nudged from sleep. Having a cat push her paw into your cheekbone is not any of them. It is, however, effective. Since I went to bed around 5:30 AM after pulling an all-nighter to ensure morning delivery to a client, getting nudged in the face at 10 AM was not the way I wanted to wake up.
Setting goals or boy, would I like to sleep in this Saturday morning…
September 12th, 2009 | by Jeri | published in Life
Throughout my life I’ve set rather lofty goals for myself. Usually, I achieve my goals at huge personal sacrifice to myself or to other things going on in my life. Or I don’t achieve my goals because I am overwhelmed and burned out from trying to accomplish too much, all at once. Recently, I read a great article by Paul Norwine. To summarize, rather than setting a series of goals, narrow your focus and concentrate on specific goals, one at a time. This allows you to a) have a life while achieving your goal and b) ups your success factor by a significant percent. Why? Well, you won’t be distracted by other goals for one. Second, you won’t overwhelm yourself or burn yourself out by doing too many new things too quickly. And god forbid you multi-task because then you may reach your goals but you won’t have paid the attention needed to learn from the process and enjoy the end result. And frankly, the end result may not be as good or powerful as it would have been with some single minded determination and focus.
My first goal is teaching the pets about the sacredness of Saturday and Sunday morning. I figure it can be done. It only took me eight of my daughter’s ten years on earth to teach her that waking Mommy before 9 AM on a weekend should only be indulged in when bleeding or because the house is on fire. Otherwise, the rule of thumb on weekends is for Drue to go to the bathroom, get her own drink of water and then snuggle up in her room, reading, until hearing the inevitable thump and moan that alerts the world that I am up. Drue has embraced this weekend rule with dignity and grace and even occasionally lets me sleep in until 10. My pets, however, are a different story.
